Car-replacer.



A. E. LINEBERG.

CAR REPLACER.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY 1. I9I4.

1l o Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

ALBERT ELLISON LINEBERG, 0F WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-REPLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

vacation cleanly 7, 1914. serial No. 849,394.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT E. LINEBERG, residing at Wilkes-Barre, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Car-Replacer, of which the following is a speciication.

My invention has for its. object to provide a new and improved means of a simple and economical construction, for replacing street cars or other railroad equipment on the track when derailed.

Another object of my invention is to providea carreplacing means capable of`beling easily manipulated and adjusted for ,Fig 2.

effecting the desired operation in a manner that meets all of the requirements and conditions necessary to guide the wheel iange onto the car rail without slipping or lost motion.

With other objects in view that will here- Ainafter appear, my

invention. comprises a car replacing means that embodies the peculiar construction and novel arrangement ot' the parts, all of which will be hereinafter' fully explained, specilically pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a. perspective view of my in- `vention, the same being shown in operative so4 position. Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereof on the line Z--Q on Fig. 1, the spherical ball or bearing member being shown in place. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view ot' the replacer, the ball rest or bearing member being omitted and Fig. is a detail view of the ball rest or bearing member hereinafter referred to,

In the practical construction, my replacing .means consists oilE an elliptical. body l oli any suitable material, lfiret'cralil'v steel, and it is et such cross sectional shape that when placed nextto the rail onto whirl'i the ear wheel is to be replaced, the top surface thereot` is higher than 'the rail. By reifen ring more particularly to Figs. E and 3, it will be noticed that the inner or rear tace '152 of the said body extends longitudinally and in an approximately vertical direction and is concaved to form, as it were, a` recess in the said rear face 1Q, the opposite ends of which terminate in straight or vertical edges Ll. Between the said edges 14.- the wall of the concaved portion inclines downwardly from the top to the bottom, as is shown in he under side/'of the body 1 is th a central concaved seat 3, which is located directly under the top or crown 11 Patented npr. 2a', reis.

of the said body, and the said seat 3 cornmunicates with the recess or side concavity 13, through the arched shape transverse opening 15 (see Fig. 2).

By reason of the peculiar construction of the replacer, so far as described, the same presents a large circular surface that serves, as it were, as a table on which to ride the ange of the car wheel, and since the wheel flange has ample room for movement on the upper face of the body 1, the said wheel can be readily directed toward the top or crown portion 11.

The peculiar construction of the inner side of the replacer 1, and particularly ot the concaved face, is such that as soon as the wheel flange is forced beyond the crown 11 of the body in the direction of the arrow X onto the downwardly inclined portion 18 of the upper face between the crown 1l and the concaved wall, its flange will slide into the concaved recess and in doing so, it will engage the outwardly inclined vertical wall. of the said concavcd portion and ,be thereby forced over 'to bring the wheel tread onto the rail.

designates what I term a ball bearing and it has an attached pull chain. 30. The bearing 4, when placed to [it within the pocket l of the body 1, acts as a ifulcrum for the replacer' and tends to litt the outer edge of the said body oil' the ground'. The bearing l, it should be stated, is intended for use only under such conditions where it is desirable and advantageous to have the replacer body 1 rocltalily supported so that the said body l maiv be rcadil)r lipped in any direction desired. '.lhe lower outer edge ci" the body lizh projo.. 'nis it) For gripping into the ground to lirmly hold tliebody l. in lhs:- agriplied position. To lighten the weight oft the body 1, the same is cored out on the under side to torni radial pockets 1G (see Fig. 3).

lt is understood that the replacer may be ina-de et various sizes to cuit the conditions under which may be empio; d and, when using the bearing 3, the in attached thereto extends through the arched priassage at the concaved side and may be readily utilized, for pulling and 'tilting the body 1, as conditions may make necessary.

Vllhat l claim is:

1. A car replacer comprising a body having a dat base and an upper convexed face,

m i l said upper face including a crown portion midway the ends of the body and adjacent one side thereof, the said side ofthe body being extended in the longitudinal direction 4 of the body and including a convexed vertical wall, thel upper face of the said body also including a downwardly inclined portion that extends from the crown portion to the upper edgeV of the said concaved wall.

2. A car replacer comprising a body having a flat base and an upper convexed face, said upper face including a crown portion midway the ends of the body and adjacent one side thereof, the saidside of the body being extended in the longitudinal direction the upperedge of the said concaved wall, 2o

Athe said body portion also havinga concaved socket in its lower face in vertical alinement with the crown portion of the body, a spherical bearing for seating in the concaved socketvof the body and a pull-member 25 connected to the said bearin ALBERT ELLISON LINEBERG. Witnesses:

EUGENE K. FRY, CHARLES H. KLINGES. 

